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The Giants' remaking of their defense took a surprise turn yesterday when they cut middle linebacker Mike Barrow after failing to renegotiate his contract. Barrow was the one linebacker the Giants had planned to retain, but team management decided...

March 11, 2004, Thursday

From Sam Huff in the 1960's to Brad Van Pelt in the 70's to Lawrence Taylor in the 80's to Jessie Armstead in the 90's, a Giants staple has been star quality at linebacker. Think Giants, think linebackers. It has been a cornerstone of the franchise. ...

August 14, 2003, Thursday

This is Mike Barrow's ninth year in the National Football League: four at Houston, three at Carolina and two with the Giants. He has been a starter for the last eight years, a rock at outside linebacker, middle linebacker, defensive end or any other...

September 26, 2001, Wednesday

It was a warm Saturday night last month when Baltimore's Ray Lewis, the leader of a middle linebacker renaissance not seen in the National Football League since the days of the single-bar face mask, terrorized his first New York running back of the...

Mike Barrow realizes now that Sam Garnes went out of his way on that winter recruiting trip, taking Barrow on a circuitous route that led to Sylvia's, the soul food institution on Lenox Avenue in Harlem. Barrow was then the free-agent linebacker the...

January 24, 2001, Wednesday

Ike Hilliard, who went to the Giants from the University of Florida, walked glumly through the Giants' locker room today wearing a bright orange University of Miami football jersey. From across the room, linebackers Jessie Armstead and Mike Barrow...

January 4, 2001, Thursday

The injury was supposed to be minor, one of those day-to-day situations that are so common in training camp, where everyone struggles to remain healthy. But Mike Barrow had not practiced since he sprained his right knee in practice Aug. 2 in a...

August 14, 2000, Monday

Mike Barrow, who came to the Giants as a free agent from the Carolina Panthers, knew his former teammates Rae Carruth and Fred Lane well enough to be worried about the paths their lives were taking. Today, Barrow said he had tried on several...

July 28, 2000, Friday

It was like a recruiting game, the Giants acknowledged yesterday after they signed the talented linebacker Mike Barrow, who led the Carolina Panthers in tackles the last two seasons. While courting their biggest free-agent signee this off-season,...

March 3, 2000, Friday

The Giants were still optimistic about getting Mike Barrow even as the free-agent linebacker was preparing to conclude a three-day visit to the metropolitan New York area without having signed a contract. Barrow left Giants Stadium late yesterday...